WSR 13-22-064 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 13-285—Filed November 4, 2013, 3:46 p.m., effective November 4, 2013, 3:46 p.m.] Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: Amend commercial fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-47-31100E; and amending WAC 220-47-311.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.020, 77.12.047, and 77.04.055.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
Reasons for this Finding: There is not enough nontreaty chum share remaining in Hood Canal for a purse seine opening. This creates uncertainty about purse seine effort and catches in South Sound. A reduction in hours is needed to avoid exceeding the nontreaty share of South Sound chum. There is insufficient time to adopt permanent rules.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: November 4, 2013.
Philip Anderson
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-47-31100E Purse seine—Open periods.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-47-311, effective immediately until further notice, it is unlawful to take, fish for, or possess salmon for commercial purposes in Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Areas except in accordance with the areas and open periods indicated below. Unless otherwise amended, all permanent rules remain in effect. (a) Areas 10 and 11 will be open to purse seines on 11/5/2013 from 7 AM to 1 PM. (b) Areas 12 and 12B will closed to purse seines on 11/5/2013.
Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040. REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. November 6, 2013:
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